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FutureSource

Jun 28, 2017

Mapping the Trajectory of Western Liberalism

By Mike Rossi

In a fireside chat hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative on June 14, Financial Times columnist and commentator Edward Luce discussed the many challenges facing liberal democracies and the impact these challenges have on Western hegemony and the state of the liberal international order at large.

Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2017

Climate change revisited

By Gray Johnson

Rising sea levels, extreme weather patterns, and other examples of our warming climate pose life-altering threats to communities around the world. Ninety-seven percent of scientists have concluded that the climate is indeed warming—and that humans are playing a role. The question is not whether the climate is changing, but how to address it.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2017

Striking a Balance Between Privacy and Security

In an age of increasing connectivity and data-collection technologies, policymakers must grapple with the central tension between the public’s desire for privacy and the need for security. “We’re going to have to make this fundamental trade between how much do we value national security and protection, versus how much do we want to behave in […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2017

Russia’s Arctic Ambitions: Hype vs. Reality

By Lukas Trakimavičius

Russia has poured billions of dollars into infrastructure projects to strengthen its military foothold in the Arctic. It is widely assumed that this has been done to establish greater leverage over the fossil fuels that lie beneath the ice. However, the problem with this line of thought is that it is based on exaggerated expectations […]

Europe & Eurasia Russia

UkraineAlert

Jun 28, 2017

Ukraine’s Least Sexy Reform Is Transforming Villages with New Roads, Police, and Even a Telescope

By Ruslan Minich

It used to be dark, and children had to jump from stone to stone to get to school. Now, the roads are smooth and brightly lit. Water flows from the mountains by gravity, and thus is free of charge and available to everyone. This is what the residents of southwestern Ukraine’s Poliana village say decentralization […]

Ukraine

IranSource

Jun 27, 2017

Hardliners Intensify Attacks on Rouhani Post-election

By Sirous Amerian

Conservatives in Iran don’t take defeat easily. In the past few years, they have lost to moderate and reformist candidates in elections for parliament, city councils and now the presidency.

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2017

NATO Holds its Peace as Relations with Turkey Degrade

By Arthur Beesley, Financial Times

Kjell Brygfjeld, a 67-year-old commercial lawyer in Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway, never expected the aftershocks from last July’s failed military coup in Turkey to reach his door.

Germany NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2017

Cyberattack Cripples Ukraine, Spreads

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The massive cyberattack that crippled public transportation, the central bank, government offices, the state power distributor, and public firms in Ukraine on June 27 serves as a potent reminder of the havoc that can be unleashed by low-level actors, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. “This is another reminder that low-capability actors can have a […]

Cybersecurity Russia

MENASource

Jun 27, 2017

Al-Azhar’s Role Abroad: Signs of Escalation and Efforts to Undermine

By Belal Abdallah

Last month, the Sheikh of al-Azhar, Dr Ahmed al-Tayeb, visited the German capital Berlin to attend the Protestant Church’s celebration marking five centuries since the start of the reformation. During his visit he met Germany’s president and a number of other ministers. This came after the visit of Pope Francis II to Egypt, on the […]

North Africa

SyriaSource

Jun 27, 2017

The Chemical Exception

By Frederic C. Hof

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2017 Statement from the Press Secretary The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children. The activities are similar to preparations the […]

Syria
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